Sooo, last week was a little bit wild. Obviously the Danny Berger story is long from over, but if the response for him Saturday is any indication, his eventual return to the court should be earth-shaking. And it does indeed look like he'll be making a comeback, apparently even possibly this season. Crazy how this is all playing out, but it's looking like it will all finish with a happy ending and a pretty incredible story.
There's plenty more to talk about though, especially with this week being bowl week. So let's get down to what's going on.
FOOTBALL RECRUITING NEWS
Generally around this time of year, things are really heading up on the recruiting front. What's different about this year though is that there's already more than 20 guys committed.
Still, we're going to hear plenty about guys coming on visits in coming weeks, probably much more so right after the holiday break. If I were to guess, just about each guy is going to carry the label of "potential star" as Gary Andersen sells guys on the success and growth of the program so far and the notion that he plans to stick around here for a while. Plus, with so many scholarships being filled already, why not swing for the fences with some players we could never have even dreamed would consider USU five years ago or so?
This past weekend apparently included one of those players with (former?) Utah commit, Vili Leveni. Leveni is a highly-rated defensive end who is second guessing his commitment to the Utes. Based on his tweets throughout his visit, things could be looking very good for the Aggies to land a guy currently holding offers from Boise State, Houston, Illinois, Mississippi State, and Oklahoma State. Seems like a heck of a guy to go with being a hell of a football player.
While on Utah commit is considering a turn to the dark side, a former BYU commit has already pulled the trigger. Hayden Weichers had committed to play for the Cougars a while back, but apparently has been mulling over a change since as far back as the summer. Today, news broke the Weichers is going to be an Aggie, adding another wide receiver to a 2013 class currently loaded with wideouts.
Chances are that at least a few of them will be changing positions when they get to USU, but Weichers looks like maybe the most likely to stay at that spot in the future. If nothing else, a whole lot of people at USU already think this kid is a bad ass for joining the dark side with us!!!
BOBBY WAGNER
Peter King has him tabbed as his Defensive Rookie of the Year at this point. Wagner has been a tackling machine and added two more interceptions to his season stats on Sunday. And I can't imagine him slowing down either.
Funny thing is, I doubt anyone at USU is even that surprised. Dude was an absolute playmaking machine for four years, yet somehow slipped to the second round of the draft.
I can't imagine the Aggies being short on quality linebackers for a while given the talent already here, and having Wagner as an NFL icon to show off to future recruits, that unit is going to be dominant.
MARCEL DAVIS
Was named as USU's Student Athlete of the Week, and apparently got mentioned by Stew today as having made things very interesting at point guard moving forward... Definitely keep an eye on this one!
COME TO BOISE, NO MATTER WHAT... IT'S BOWL WEEK!!!
It's time to paint Boise blue!! And no, not that light blue crap... That dark kind. The Aggie blue kind. This needs to be a complete takeover.
If you haven't made plans to go up there yet, get on the ball and make them! We need to make this a total home-field advantage. Aggies will undoubtedly outnumber Rockets' fans, but we need to mercilessly overpower them too! We have a chance to create a scene and an atmosphere to truly cap off this season that has represented a giant leap forward for this program into new, never before seen heights.
It's on all of us to make it happen. Not just the crazies among us. Not just those who don't have kids there with them. If you've got kids, involve them in it! They'll probably be stoked at yelling at the other team while the Aggies are on defense. Teach them that this is how we're going to do things at Utah State. We will be nutty as fans, and we will make an impact.
And then after we win this thing, we'll party all over Boise!! Sounds like a hell of a weekend, eh?
Make it happen!!!
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